Sister Bessie chords by Air

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

🎸 Intro:

C Bm Am C Bm



🎸 Verse 1:
Em         D                        Am
Sister Bessie, don't you say no prayer for me
C            Bm                   Am
A slow boat's gonna lead me where I'm bound
Em          D                   Am
I'm for to travel far across the distant seas
C            Bm                  Em
My destiny will lead me where I'm bound

🎸 Chorus:
Em              D                       Am
Only a child, and with a sweet child's tender heart
C             Bm                        Am
Waiting for someone to call you mine
Em              D                                                   Am
How do you keep your faith when you are always falling? Yes
I'm falling
C                       D               Em
How do you find a way to keep from crying?

🎸 Verse 2:
Am                                      G
Bessie, don't you weep
Bessie, don't you moan
F#m                                     Em
You stole my heart in oh so many ways
Am                                                      G
But the woman who stole my soul has taken all I have
F#m                                             Bm
And left me here alone and in a daze
Em
Bessie, don't you weep no more

🎸 Chorus:
Em              D                       Am
Only a child, and with a sweet child's tender heart
C             Bm                        Am
Waiting for someone to call you mine
Em              D                                                   Am
How do you keep your faith when you are always falling? Yes
I'm falling
C                       D               Em
How do you find a way to keep from crying?

🎸 Verse 3:
Am                                      G
Bessie, don't you weep
Bessie, don't you moan
F#m                                     Em
You stole my heart in oh so many ways
Am                                                      G
But the woman who stole my soul has taken all I have
F#m                                             Bm
And left me here alone and in a daze
Em                                              C Bm Am C Bm Em
Bessie, don't you weep no more